40 Years of Play!

1656 $2 40 years of play 1656 $2 40 years of play

Price: $2

Celebrate 40 Years of Play!

The California Lottery is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2025 with special games available for a limited time. 40 Years of Play! Scratchers® brings a bevy of prizes to start the year-long anniversary celebration. You’ll be in a golden state of mind and feeling your California pride when you play this game with chances for 2X, 4X, and 5X prize multipliers, a $40 instant win for discovering a “WIN” symbol, and up to ten chances to WIN A TOP PRIZE OF $40,000! Feeling especially festive? Pair this game with its companion $40 40 Years of Play! Scratchers® for an extra blast of celebratory play!

Game Number: 1656

Overall odds: 1 in 4.32

Cash odds: 1 in 6.61

Odds and Available Prizes

Last Updated Jun 13, 2025 02:42:33 a.m.

This table reflects all Scratchers prizes for this game. After game start, some prizes, including top prizes, may have been claimed. Odds are rounded to the nearest whole number.


Go to Scratchers 2nd Chance program to submit your non-winning tickets for another way to win!

Prizes Odds 1 in Prizes Remaining
$40,000 1,218,869 7 of 16
$1,000 39,719 127 of 491
$400 11,920 377 of 1,636
$100 6,047 749 of 3,225
$40 328 13,631 of 59,409
$20 100 47,738 of 195,019
$10 50 97,851 of 389,867
$5 26 193,935 of 741,027
$4 12 429,791 of 1,560,636
Ticket 12 449,906 of 1,560,152

  • Match any of "YOUR NUMBERS" to any "WINNING NUMBER", win "PRIZE" shown.
  • Uncover a "2X", "4X" or "5X" symbol to automatically multiply and win that corresponding prize.
  • Uncover a "WIN" symbol, win $40 instantly!

$100,000 TOTAL in Scratchers 2nd Chance Weekly Pool Draws

If your Scratchers ticket isn't an instant winner, submit your non-winning Scratchers ticket into 2nd Chance for another opportunity to win cash prizes in a weekly draw.


There are two simple ways to enter your ticket into 2nd Chance. Submit your ticket on the website by entering the first 13 digits of your entry code (see 1 below) and first 7 digits of your ticket ID (see 2 below). Or, for a fast and easy way to play, submit your ticket on the California Lottery mobile app by scanning the barcode (see 3 below). 


Check out the Scratchers 2nd Chance program for more information.

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